Driver attempts to hit police, escapes on Far South Side

October 02, 2010

A Chicago police officer fired shots at a car that was trying to hit the officer early this morning on the Far South Side Burnside neighborhood, police said. No one was injured and the motorist escaped.

The incident occurred about 12:40 a.m. in the 1000 block of East 95th Street, police said.

The officer shot at the motorist, but no one was hit, police said. The officer, who was in uniform, was not injured either.

No description of the car was immediately available, police said.

A spokesman with the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings, was not immediately available for comment.